OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Canada 2018

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of
the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes
of each DAC member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC
peer reviews assess the performance of a given member, not just that of its development
co-operation agency, and examine both policy and implementation. They take an integrated,
system-wide perspective on the development co-operation and humanitarian assistance
activities of the member under review.

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Read the DAC's main findings and recommendations, available inEnglish and French.

Canada needs to increase foreign aid flows in line with its renewed engagement, says OECD

Canada has shown a renewed engagement in global development in the last few years. This now needs to translate into concrete action to increase aid flows and ensure that development co-operation is effective and coherent, according to a new OECD Review.

The latest DAC Peer Review of Canada commends the creation of a new department, Global Affairs Canada, from the merger of the former aid agency with the department of foreign affairs and trade. Global Affairs is working to make Canadian aid more responsive and innovative, and is improving the way it conducts evaluations of development assistance..

A good practice excerpt from the peer review: Canada’s humanitarian assistance

Canada is a good humanitarian donor, using a range of well-established partnerships to deliver effective humanitarian assistance, and a broad array of instruments to find durable solutions for affected populations. Canada is delivering on Grand Bargain provisions, such as cash transfers to affected populations and multi-year funding to multilateral partners.